Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Celastrales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euonymus americanus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
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Read more about Hearts-a-bustin' at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euonymus americanus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Euonymus americanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Euonymus americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 113-03-002:
Euonymus americanus FAMILY Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Euonymus americanus
COMMON NAME:
Hearts-a-bustin', Strawberry-bush
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_euam7_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_euam9_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0403d_28
March Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Twigs green, slender, 4-sided, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeamericanus_flwrwadb
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Inconspicuous flat, greenish-cream flowers, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).
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Gill Newberry gn05_e_americanus_flower
May
1-3 flowers on a solitary axillary peduncle about half the leaf length, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Gill Newberry gn05_e_americanus_flowers
May
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Gill Newberry gn05_img_8364
May
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JK Marlow jkm0305p_09
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves thin, lanceolate to ovate, subsessile, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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Keith Bradley kab_e_americanus_7737
May NC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeamericanus_flwrlr1b
May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
The 1/2" flowers have five yellowish or brownish-green ovate petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeamericanus_flwrlr2
May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm150712_429
July Pickens County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_euonymus_americanus_2
August
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Jim Fanning jcf_heartsabustin2
September Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
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JK Marlow jkm060911_001
September Greenville County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_e_americanus_2020
September Polk County NC
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Gill Newberry gn10_e_americanus_fruits
October
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Gill Newberry gn10_e_fruits_close_up
October
Fruit a warty red capsule that splits at maturity revealing orange-red seeds, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euonymus americanus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euonymus americanus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Euonymus americanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Euonymus americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 113-03-002:
Euonymus americanus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Euonymus americanus
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Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic to submesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous/Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p338
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p081
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p244
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p134
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p194
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p231
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p175
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p089
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p304
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p145
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p155
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p16
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p283
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p136
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p094
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p265
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